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Ineos Grenadiers and Italy rider Filippo Ganna has set a new cycling hour world record with a distance of 56.792km, achieving the feat at the Tissot Velodrome indoor track in Switzerland. The 26-year-old, who raced in the prestigious Tour de France earlier this year, smashed the record previously held by Ineos team-mate Dan Bigham by […]
Quedgeley Wanderers edged a 2-1 win over Cheltenham Civil Service who tasted defeat in the league for the first time this season. Civil Service began the game on the front foot, pressuring a youthful Quedgeley side. However 30 minutes into the half Quedgeley, front man Ollie Curtis rounded the keeper to slot home a simple […]
As the English cricketing summer fades away, attention turns to Down Under for the T20 Cricket World Cup in Australia, with what many fans believe might be the most open competition to date. With the preliminary group stage just around the corner, many new fans of the sport are wondering how the tournament will work […]
Tottenham Hotspur are in talks with Google over a multi-million-pound naming rights deal for the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The club moved into the new stadium in 2017, having left White Heart Lane in after 118 years at the ground. It has been reported that Spurs have been after a title sponsor since the stadium’s opening […]
Brighton & Hove Albion midfielder Enock Mwepu has been forced to end his playing career at the age of 24 after being diagnosed with a hereditary heart condition. Were Mwepu to continue playing competitively, he would be put at high risk of suffering a potentially fatal cardiac arrest. The midfielder fell ill while travelling to […]
West Bromwich Albion have officially sacked Steve Bruce as manager following their 0-0 home draw with Luton Town on Saturday. The Baggies currently lie 22nd in the Championship, their lowest league position in over 20 years, with their only win in the campaign so far coming against Hull City back in August. Bruce, who took […]
England Lionesses to dedicate Czechia fixture to the ‘Let Girls Play’ Campaign. Tomorrow evening, England Women’s fixture will be dedicated to ‘Let Girls Play’, The Football Association campaign for every girl to have equal access to football in their local school and community. The fixture falls on the 10th anniversary of International Day of the […]
The draw for the Qualification for 2024 European Champions was completed in Frankfurt yesterday, with all the home nations having representatives in attendance. England have been drawn in Group C, alongside Italy, the reigning EURO champions, who beat Gareth Southgate’s men on penalties in the 2020 (2021) final. The Three Lions have also been paired […]
Max Verstappen secured his second Formula One Drivers’ Championship in the early hours of Sunday morning with victory in the first Japanese Grand Prix since 2019. The Dutchman started the race from pole position and after a delayed start to the race due to the wet conditions at the Suzuka circuit, he powered to victory […]
Former Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button made his Nitro Rallycross debut for XITE Energy Racing, whilst teammate Oliver Bennett reached his first ever final. Button was competing in his first event of the series, the brainchild of internet-sensation Travis Prastrana, and managed to make a respectable debut at ERX Motorsport Park in Minnesota. He […]